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FROM 17th TO 24th

FEBRUARY 2020

(SESSION 2019-20)

DAY 1

Monday,17th February 2020

National Service Scheme established on 24th September 1969 &

comprises the motto- ‘Not me, but you’ which means putting

community before self. On the line of this sentiment the Seven

Days NSS camp started on 17th February 2020 in C.O.E. Govt.

College Sanjauli, Shimla-06. This 7-days camp was inaugurated

by our honorable principal Dr. C.B. Mehta with vice principal Dr.

Bhartii Bhagra and our programme officers Dr. Minakshi Sharma

& Prof. Vikram Bhardwaj by lighting the lamp in front of ‘Maa

Saraswati’. The theme of this camp was kept “The Role of Youth

in Sustainable Development”. On this occasion, principal of

college said that NSS is the organization which plays an

important role in character building of a student and by joining

with NSS students can be aware about the Environmental

requirements and they also can aware the people of society

about different topics like sustainable development. 90

volunteers enrolled themselves to participate in this camp. They

were divided into 5 groups and then began the cleanliness drive,

that made the college campus and hostel path, beautiful with

the collective efforts of students. On 2:30PM, after the post

lunch session, resource person Miss Rekha Chauhan from ALS

IAS coaching Institute, Shimla confabulated about the toughest

exam of the India i.e. IAS-UPSC. This session was informative for

students and they asked many questions about their doubts. The

whole day was full of activities. From this first day, the volunteers

got the spirt of selfless service, team spirt and motivation to

achieve their aims.

DAY 2

Tuesday,18th February 2020

On the second day of camp, all the volunteers gathered at

Chamayana at 10AM and launched a cleanliness drive at

Chamayana village, which has been adopted by the NSS unit. The

volunteers created awareness among people about sustainable

development and administrated oath of cleanliness.

Questionnaires were distributed among people about

sustainable development goals and a survey was conducted. NSS

unit presidents Kapil Dev and Shivani Chauhan and Secretary

Bhagat Singh with all the volunteers interacted with the people

from the village. The survey revealed that 63.64 per cent people

were getting nutritious food under the public distribution system

while 27.27 per cent complained of delay in the supply of ration.

The biggest problem of the region is environmental plight

(44.44%), Public Toilet shortage (22.2%) and 52.5% believed that

good Primary health care is available in the village. 38.8%

believed that the pure water is available, rest 24.77% believed

that water is available in moderate state. 38.7% people are

happy and satisfied with the level of cleanliness. 66.7% said that

they heard about Sustainable development goals before, but not

fully aware about the topic. The villagers appreciated the efforts

being made by the volunteers and gave them their support. A

group of volunteers interacted with the students of G.S.S.S.

Bhatakuffar and put forward their views on value of cleanliness.

It was a great day, in which volunteers reached in between the

public and listen about their daily problems and aware them

about sustainable development goals.

DAY 3

Wednessday,19th February 2020

On the third day of NSS 7-Days special camp, all the volunteers

gathered at Bhatakuffar at 10AM. We played few games of

presence of mind and coordination there which acted as a

warmup for volunteers. After that, we visited the ‘Jwala Mata

Temple’ and maintained and watered the plants & saplings. We

also clean the courtyard of temple. After that, there was an

Educational Academic session in the form of open debate. All

representatives from different groups put forward their ideas

and views on the Sustainable Development -why and how and

what are the problems and solutions about sustainability. Group

leaders participated in debate and performed very well. At 2:30

PM, After visiting the temple all the volunteers retuned to

college and did their lunch. In post lunch session, the volunteers

discussed the different activities and practiced ‘Nukadd Natak’,

dance, and singing etc.

DAY 4

Thursday, 20th February 2020

On forth day on NSS 7-days special camp, Dr. Sania Kashyap

(Medicine specialist, Deendyal Upadhyay Hospital, Shimla) made

the volunteers aware of the infection, symptoms and prevention

of 'korona virus' through a power point presentation. She said

that this virus can be transmitted from animals to human and

person to person by close contact to infected person by sneezing

or spitting up to 6 feet distance. Its main symptoms are cough,

fever, shortness of breath and pneumonia. There is no medicine

or vaccine available to prevent this virus, but personal hygiene,

handwashing with soap and use of masks in congested areas

during travel can prevent from coming into contact with this

virus. She also cleared the doubts of volunteers by answering

their questions.

In the post lunch session, the volunteers were shown the film

"Gandhi", released in 1982 based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

Our NSS programme Officer prof. Vikram Bhardwaj explained

the different scenarios of the movie. Through this, volunteers

got to know about Mahatma Gandhi's life and got inspired to

follow the path of truth and non-violence.

DAY 5

Saturday, 22nd February 2020

Fifth day of the NSS camp started with a Yoga session in which

Mrs. Sarika Ahuja and Mrs. Chanchala, certified trainer of "art of

living" organization taught the volunteers, different yoga

exercise like ‘Surya Namaskar’, Actions, meditation postures and

meditation techniques. Some games were also played to

strengthen the memory. About 80 volunteers participated in this

session. The Yoga trainers were thanked by the NSS unit be

giving them sapling pots. It attempted to promote the vouge of

giving the ecofriendly presents. This session was mind refreshing

for the volunteers which filled them with positive energy. In

evening session, the volunteers shared their experiences of state

level and national level camps with other volunteers. NSS unit

president Kapil Dev gave tips of parade to volunteers.

DAY 6

Sunday, 23rd February 2020

On the sixth day of NSS 7-days special camp, a rally against drug

addiction was organized by the volunteers on the theme drug

addiction and cleanliness. The volunteers had prepared effective

and beautiful slogans and posters conveying the life changing

messages. The rally was flagged off by the Principal Dr. CB

Mehta. On this occasion, Deputy Principal Dr. Bharti Bhagra Ji,

Program Officer Dr. Meenakshi Sharma and Dr. Vikram bhardwaj

also became part of this rally. The rally processed from college

campus to Sanjauli Chowk and informed the people about the ill

effects of intoxication and gave a message to the youth to stay

away from it. In the afternoon session, the volunteers practiced

for the closing ceremony function.

DAY 7

Monday, 24th February 2020

The seventh day was the closing ceremony of the 7-days Special

camp of National Service Scheme. On this occasion, the state's

liaison officer Mr. H.L. Sharma was present as the chief guest.

The Principal of the college, Dr. CB Mehta, lit the lamp and

inaugurated the program. The program started with Ganesh

Vandana. After that the whole auditorium resonated to the tune

of NSS song ‘Lakshya Geet- Uthein samaaj ke liye ……’. On this

occasion, NSS president Kapil Dev presented the annual report

of NSS through PowerPoint presentation and Nikita Sharma

presented the 7 days special camp report. The volunteers

performed various activities like group dance, skits, single songs

poetry and ‘pahari naati’ to present their talent. In Talent hunt

round, Aanchal Bhandari, Kapil Dev, Priyanka and Sarvajit Kaur

won. The role of the judge was played by Prof. Bharti Bhagra and

Prof. Ram Lal Sharma in this talent hunt. A play on cleanliness

was also presented. The program ended with a Pahari Naati

performed by the volunteers. On the occasion of Golden jubilee

year of NSS the different competitions were organized, the

winners of those competitions were awarded on this occasion.

All the teachers including Program Officers, Dr. Minakshi

Sharma, Dr. Vikram Bhardwaj, Deputy Principal Prof. Bharti

Bhagra, were present. The chief guest graced the occasion by

interacting with the volunteers and encouraged them for social

service through NSS and congratulated the whole NSS unit for

the successful organisation of this 7 days NSS special camp.